Frank's Attorneys Claim New Witness in Frank Case
Atlanta March 12 Mrs Harris declares that Frank is innocent and will not hang. Leo M Frank defendant sentenced to hang for Mary Phagan murder. New witness Ethel Harris affidavits place Frank on a street corner. Conley the state's chief witness swears Frank killed the girl. Attorneys insist Conley is the real murderer.
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Atlanta
Frank
Leo M. Frank
Cornell
Mary Phagan
Ethel Harris
Jim Conley
Conley
Cornell Groce Tees
Troops Move To Mexican Border Boosting Patrol
Two more regiments of U S troops head to the Texas border joins the border patrol enlarging forces by about three thousand men compared with the Cuban invasion force. Units from Fort Thomas Fort Logan H Root move to Laredo and Eagle Pass under Brigadier General Martin with six cavalry troops freed for patrol duty. Officials note the motion aims to deter depredations and reassure banks along the line amid Vergara incident and related unrest.
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Associated Press
Washington
Martin
War Department
Savannah
Galveston
Carranza
United States
Bryan
Mexico City
Banch
Benton
Hostetter
Hermosillo
Culiacan
Charge O'Shaughnessy
Mexican War Office
Benavides
Oakley Testifies Blaming Theo Lacy in 1913 Convict Funds
James G. Oakley, ex president of Alabama’s convict inspectors board, testifies that Theo Lacy carried away $2,207.02 from Bernard Frank and that Oakley did not receive any of the money. He claims a $30,000 payment from Dr. G B Crowe and describes transactions with Lacy and others while denying personal gain.
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Montgomery
Ala
Theo Lacy
Lacy
James G. Oakley
State Board of Convict Inspectors
Bernard Frank
Oakley
Captain Frank
White
Dr. Crowe
J. G. Oakley
Goodin Reid & Co
Cincinnati
Centerville
G. F. Heters
Montevallo
Braddock Loan and Improvement Company
Goodin Reid and Company
East Coast Conditions Reported by Navy Leader
Rear Admiral Fletcher summarized east coast conditions. Mayo reports federal troops near Tampico and Dona Cecilia with no constitutionalist news. Tampico quiet and Vera Cruz calm as Cra k sails on the Hermione.
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Mexico
Fletcher
Navy Department
Mayo
Tampico
Dona Cecilia
Vera Cruz
Crak
Hermione
Bradock
Ready to Move From Atlanta to Mexican Border
Practically one thousand men of the Seventeenth United States Infantry at Fort McPherson, under Major George W. Martin, prepared to depart for the Mexican border with orders pending from Washington. About 25 guards remain. In Dallas, Governor Colquitt said Texas Rangers would be increased to patrol the border to protect citizens and property from raids across the border.
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Atlanta
Seventeenth
United States Infantry
Fort McPherson
George W. Martin
Washington
Martin
Dallas
Texas
O. B. Colquitt
Texas Rangers
Literacy test stays in Burnett immigration bill
Washington on March 12 the senate immigration committee decided the literacy test will remain in the Burnett immigration bill when it is presented to the senate for consideration. The committee said it will report the bill favorably.
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Washington
Burnett
Senate
Senate Immigration Committee
Fire Drives 1000 Pupils from Baltimore Public School
Associated Press reports that about one thousand pupils were escorted from a Baltimore public school today as a fire began in the cellar and rapidly spread through the building under the supervision of their teachers.
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Associated Pres
Baltimore
Giant battleship Texas joins U S Navy soon
Newport News Va March 12 The giant Texas the world’s most powerful battleship leaves the Newport News yard for Norfolk to be turned over to government officials and commissioned. It carries ten 14 inch guns and twenty one 5 inch guns and displaces 27000 tons. A sister ship the New York is nearing completion at the New York Navy Yard.
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Associated Press
Newport News
Texas
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Norfolk Navy Yard
Usher
Norfolk Station
Claudia Lyon
Cecil A. Lyon
Champagne
Panama Canal
Maine
New York
New York Navy Yard
Birmingham official to testify in Oakley embezzlement case
W C Agee chairman of the Birmingham excise commission is summoned as a rebuttal witness for the state in the James G Oakley embezzlement trial in Montgomery. The governor notified Agee he would testify to Dr G B Crowes financial condition in 1911 to counter the claim Crowe paid Oakley thirty thousand dollars.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. C. Agee
Birmingham Excise Commission
James G. Oakley
Agee
G. B. Crowe
Birmingham
Oakley
Crowe
George Westinghouse Seriously Ill in New York Hotel
George Westinghouse is seriously ill at a New York hotel, a report released today states. The condition was disclosed as this city hosts reports on his health.
Congress to Probe Trading on Cotton and Grain Exchanges
The House Rules Committee formed a subcommittee to draft a resolution for a congressional inquiry into futures trading in cotton and grain. The plan, led by Henry, targets grain and cotton markets, not stock exchanges, and seeks broad scope under the Manahan resolution. The panel includes Henry of Texas Hardwick of Georgia Cantrell of Kentucky Lenroot of Wisconsin and Kelly of Pennsylvania.
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Associated € Prs
Washington
Congressional
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Henry
Manahan
Chicago
Minneapolis
Duluth
Texas
Hardwick
Georgia
Cantrill
Kentucky
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Kelly
Pennsylvania
New York
Baltimore
Alaska Bill Signed for Government Railroad Project
Washington March 12 Prent Wilson signed a bill authorizing 35 million dollars for the construction of a government owned railroad in Alaska.
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Washington
Prent Wilson
Alaska
Widow of Inventor Regrets Court Decision on Films Patent
In Newa New Jersey on March 12 Rebecca Goodwin widow of Rev Hannibal Goodwin expresses regret the circuit court of appeals decision sustaining Goodwin patent rights on photographic films did not come during her husband’s life. She and her daughter hint the family may not receive money, yet hope it proves the value of his work for educating children with pictures.
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Associated Press
Newa
W.J
Goodwin
Anv
Rebecca Goodwin
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
No Court Because Of No Prisoners
There was no session of the inferior criminal court on Thursday as there were no prisoners to be tried by Judge Henry Chamberlain. The sheriff reported unusually few arrests in recent weeks and noted an alert for any disturbance by the usual crowd.
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Inferior Criminal Court
Henry Chamberlain
Sheriff's
Bef
Palmer
Renee
Shipbuilding firm paid him 10 push free canal tolls
Clarence W. De Knight testified before the senate lobby committee that he contracted with former Rear Admiral Bowles, president of Fore River Shipbuilding, for 1000 dollars plus a 4000 dollar contingent fee to secure toll exemptions for American coastwise ships in the Panama canal act. He said he received only the 1000 dollars and sought the contingent fee after the bill passed, but Bowles did not pay. He denied a specific contingency tying government ship contracts to toll exemptions and said the Bowles company did not build the ships. The committee asked to see the contract. He may release files but seeks counsel.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bowles
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Clarence W. de Knight
Senate Lobby Committee
Senate Canals Committee
de Knight
Senator Reed
Admiral Bowles
Siegel and Vogel Face Up To Fifty Indictments
New York March 12 federal court orders close two Siegel stores owned by Henry Siegel and partners. District Attorney frames “material for at least fifty indictments” for fraud against Siegel and Vogel. Indictments include banking law violations and grand larceny with potential penalties up to ten years and ten thousand dollars fines.
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Associated Press
New York
Henry Siegel
Federal
Frank E. Vogel
Siegel Stores Corporation
Liberty
Arthur C. Train
Henry Siegel & Co
Fourteenth-street
Siegel Enterprises
Siegel
Vogel
Whitman
Sone Tee Ene
Amd c
Fair Dinners Greet Cochrane Acknowledging Soil Value
John T. Cochrane leader of Tombigbee Valley Railroad hosted a large dinner at the Cawthon Hotel to promote an all winter agricultural exposition in Mobile. Attendees including R. M. McLain and many regional figures heard about soil value gains and plans for a central fair committee to study feasibility and annual farm demonstrations.
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Cawthon Hotel
John T. Cochrane
Tombigbee Valley Railroad
Central Fair Committee
Cochrane
John Everett
Malcom
G. A. Male
Charles Anderson
Axis
Louis Meyer
Stewart Brooks
A. G. Moses
James Gibboney
Frank Boykin
Calevert
L. W. Morgan
Fairfield
Jom
Espalia, Jr
J.C. Bush
Geo. A. Tonsmetre
H.C. Pavidle
Gray
John E. Mitchell
Harry T. Hartwell D
C. Bauer
Mort Ll. Bixler
F. J. Jordan
Citronelle
Cad Williams
A. J. Parsons
Aubrey Boyles
Geo
Madson
Hervey
Gulf Co
Cawthon
Dog River
Alabama Corn Mills
Florida Fish Co
A. D. Davis
Hervey Farm
Mobile
Field's Ice Cream Co
Gordon Smith's
Williams
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